The 1993 Ghana Demographic and Health survey, was used to examine cultural norms and socio-economic variables underlying gender disparities in education, health and labour force participation in Ghana. Gender was defined as a concept that refers to roles and responsibilities that are expected of men and women as members of society. The study showed that fewer girls than boys enter each level of schooling and as the level of schooling increases, the representation of girls decreases faster. Stepwise logistic regression showed that, sex of head of household is an important determinant of education. Whereas female education is significantly affected by household standard of living, male education is not. Urban residence is an important determinant of education. Some health indicators do not show striking gaps between the health status of men and women. Activities and responsibilities of men and women in Ghana showed that domestic work is almost exclusively the responsibility of women. Women work longer hours than men do when domestic and economic works are added together.